Rising geographic inequality in mortality in the United States
Objectives: To examine trends in inequality in life expectancy and age-specific death rates across 40 US spatial units from 1990 to 2016. Methods: We use multiple cause-of-death data from vital statistics to estimate measures of inequality in mortality across metropolitan status and geographic regio...
Main Authors: | Yana C. Vierboom, Samuel H. Preston, Arun S. Hendi |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2019-12-01
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Series: | SSM: Population Health |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S235282731930148X |
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